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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates

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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (213)2/20/1999 6:18:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
Mike said:

<< The gorilla's value chain comes into play to keep the company going not just during the good times but also during the times when the executive management team performs in less than stellar fashion. Kings, by definition, simply don't have that margin of error that gorillas do. >>

...and well said, it was.

The company that popped to my mind as I read the above words was Oracle. Certainly a King...nearly a Gorilla, and currently a Phoenix rising from the ashes of strategic misfires.

Brian
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